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Mavericks select North Dallas site for new arena
The Dallas Mavericks announced on Monday that they have entered option agreements for the potential purchase of the former Valley View Mall as the new site for their arena and entertainment district.,The 104-acre site is located in North Dallas -- 10 miles north of downtown -- and was selected over ...
College Football Playoff to stretch from Dec. 18 to Jan. 25
The 2026-27 College Football Playoff features a slate of 11 games starting Dec. 18 and concluding with the championship on Jan. 25 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.,The schedule, including kickoff times and broadcast information, was announced on Monday by the CFP, ESPN and TNT Sports. ESPN's expan...
Late Mike Leach makes first appearance on College Football HOF ballot
The late Mike Leach, who passed away in December 2022 at 61 while coaching at Mississippi State, is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year.,Leach's appearance on the ballot comes after the National Football Foundation, which oversees the Hall of Fame, adjusted its c...
French Open fines player after sexist umpire remarks
Paraguay's Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was fined $65,000 at the French Open for saying his loss last week should not have been umpired by a woman, organizers confirmed on Monday.,Vallejo led 5-2 in the fifth set last Thursday before 17-year-old French teenager Moise Kouame rallied for a 6-3, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6...
Kaitlyn Terry lifts Texas Tech past UCLA into WCWS semifinals
Kaitlyn Terry delivered an RBI double in the ninth and allowed just two runs in five innings over three stints in the circle to lift Texas Tech to an 8-7, extra-inning win over UCLA on Sunday in a Women's College World Series elimination game Sunday in Oklahoma City.,Terry, who spent the previous tw...
OpTic, Falcons, Breach get to 2-0 in Call of Duty Stage 4 qualifying
OpTic Texas, the Riyadh Falcons and the Boston Breach all improved to 2-0 with wins on Sunday at Stage 4 qualifying of the Call of Duty League.,Only the Breach had to work through more than three games to secure the win ... they did it in four.,The Riyadh Falcons downed Paris Gentle Mates 3-0 and Op...
Ball State's Gavin Yates-Lyons, 18, dies days after shooting
Gavin Yates-Lyons, 18, an early entrant on the Ball State football team, died as the result of gunshot wounds according to multiple outlets on Sunday.,Yates-Lyons, a native of Valdosta, Ga., was among three victims of a parking garage shooting in Tallahassee, Fla., on May 24. According to The Tallah...
Los Angeles Thieves open Call of Duty Stage 4 qualifying with victory
Coming off winning the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major, the Los Angeles Thieves opened Stage 4 qualifying with a 3-2 comeback win over FaZe Vegas on Saturday.,The Paris Gentle Mates swept the Carolina Royal Ravens 3-0, the Boston Breach bested the Vancouver Surge 3-2 and the Riyadh Falcons beat th...
Eric Cole fires 63, holds one-shot lead at Charles Schwab Challenge
Eric Cole shot 7-under-par 63 for the best score in the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge, taking the lead Saturday at Fort Worth, Texas.,Cole, aiming for his first victory on the PGA Tour, goes to Sunday's final round at 12-under 198, holding a one-stroke edge on Ryan Gerard.,Gerard birdi...
OpTic, Royal Ravens sweep CDL Stage 3 Major qualifying openers
OpTic Texas, coming off a runner-up finish at the Call of Duty League Stage 3 Major, began Stage 4 qualifying with a 3-0 sweep of the Vancouver Surge on Friday.,In the day's other results, the Carolina Royal Ravens trounced the Toronto KOI 3-0, and G2 Minnesota dumped Cloud9 New York 3-1.,The 12 Cal...
Teagan Kavan pitches Texas past Mississippi State
Teagan Kavan threw a four-hit shutout to lift Texas to a 4-0 win over Mississippi State in an elimination game in the Women's College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City.,Kavan, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player during last year's title run, struggled in a three-inning performance in Thursday's o...
French Open to impose 'significant sanction' on player for sexist remark
French Open organizers on Friday said a "significant sanction" will be imposed on Adolfo Daniel Vallejo after the player said his second-round match should not have been umpired by a woman.,The sanction will be a fine, with the amount not announced.,Buoyed by the home crowd, French teenage prodigy M...
Luka Doncic, Donnie Nelson pair to purchase Rome pro team
Los Angeles Lakers All-Star Luka Doncic and former Dallas Mavericks executive Donnie Nelson teamed to purchase professional basketball club Vanoli Cremona in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A, with a bid to become NBA Europe's representative in Rome. ,The club is relocating to Rome ahead of the 2026-27 se...
The NCAA May Be Losing Control of College Football as SEC Frustrations Boil Over
Could the SEC and Big Ten eventually leave the NCAA? Kirby Smart’s latest comments suggest college football may be heading toward a major split....
Stephan Jaeger (back) WDs from Charles Schwab Challenge
Stephan Jaeger withdrew from Friday's second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge with a back injury.,Jaeger, 36, carded a 5-over 75 in Thursday's opening round at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.,He finished tied for ninth at last week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson and is 84th in the Official W...
Kirby Smart, SEC Continue Complaining About College Football’s Future
Kirby Smart’s latest comments on SEC expansion, NIL and a possible NCAA split are reigniting debate around college football’s power structure....
Max Homa switches caddies entering Charles Schwab Challenge
Struggling Max Homa has split with caddie Lance Bennett and will have Peter Pappageorge on his bag for this week's Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth, Texas, Golfweek reported Wednesday.,Homa and Bennett worked together for less than a year and decided to split after Homa missed the cut at the P...
The SEC Dynasty Is Over and the Big Ten Proved It
The SEC’s dominance in college football may be over as the Big Ten continues to prove it’s the sport’s strongest conference....
Wyndham Clark WDs from Colonial after winning Byron Nelson
Wyndham Clark followed Brooks Koepka in deciding to withdraw from this week's Charles Schwab Challenge after Clark won the CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Sunday.,Clark posted an 11-under-par 60 in the final round to post a winning score of 30 under, just one shot shy of Scottie Scheffler's winning score the...
UCLA No. 1 overall seed as NCAA baseball regionals set
UCLA was named top overall seed of the 2026 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship on Monday, with 12 teams from the SEC named to the 64-team field.,The tournament begins Friday at 16 regional sites, all hosted by the top 16 seeded teams in the field.,The Bruins went 51-6 during the regular season an...